From fe5d17d0aa32524236f6acdf16180ff053873707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Neumann Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 02:03:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS update --- NEWS | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0285489d0b..80f76f6bf1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,32 +9,33 @@ GIMP 2.2, will emerge out of this. Overview of Changes since 2.0 ============================= -GIMP 2.2 includes the following enhancements: +GIMP 2.1 includes the following enhancements: - Major user interface improvements * Work has begun to make the GIMP user interface comply better with - the GNOME HIG. This is an ongoing effort and the interface is quite + the GNOME HIG. This is an ongoing effort and the interface is still inconsistent at the moment. * Users are now allowed to clear the undo history. * Pixels are now considered image units; this simplifies the handling of units. * New widgets and frameworks provided by GTK+ 2.4 are used; this means + uses the new GtkFileChooser dialog, vastly improving the file dialogs. - + includes port of menus to GtkUIManager, which creates all core menus from - XML files at runtime. This means that menu items can be rearrainged by - users simply by editing the files. - + uses a global accelerator table in all docks and image windows. This + + includes port of menus to GtkUIManager, which creates all core menus + from XML files at runtime. This means that menu items can be rearranged + by users simply by editing these files. + + uses a global accelerator table in all docks and image windows. This means that a hotkey will do the same thing regardless of which dock or image window you are using. + adds replacement widgets based on GtkComboBox for most uses of GtkOptionMenu (GimpUnitMenu remains to be ported) + makes the order and visibility of tools in the toolbox configurable - (This effort has not yet been completed.) + allows keeping toolbox and dock windows above other windows (if the WM supports this hint) - Some changes to plug-ins * Plug-ins can now register the same procedures in multiple places (the API to register menu entries has been changed in a backward-compatible fashion.) + * Plug-ins can now optionally register a menu icon. + * File plug-ins can now register a mime-type. * The obsolete AlienMap and GIcon plug-ins were removed. AlienMap 2 does everything than AlienMap did, and the GIMP-specific GIcon format has not been used by anything for quites some time now.